Feature: Unlimited Space
Posted on March 27th, 2011 by ASEE
Many kids dream of exploring space, but few get much further than their schoolyards. This is not true of students in Tekna-Theos, a Florida after-school program bursting with science activities and contests. They’ve set their sights high, designing and building mini-satellites and preparing a payload to test the effect of weightlessness on bone cells. Some have actually experienced “Zero-G.”
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Tags: Aeronautics, Aerospace, Aerospace Engineering, Biomolecular Engineering, CubeSat, NASA, Satellite, Satellite imagery, Satellites, Space, Teachers
Clearly, Abby Ardis is an exceptional student. Still, the path taken by this senior at Snow Hill High School in Salisbury, Md. shows where an early interest in engineering and science can lead: internships at a NASA research facility and attendance at a bio-engineering conference.
